A History of God

The idea of a single divine being - God Yahweh Allah - has existed for over 4000 years. But the history of God is also the history of human struggle. While Judaism Islam and Christianity proclaim the goodness of God organised religion has too often been the catalyst for violence and ineradicable prejudice. In this fascinating extensive and original account of the evolution of belief Karen Armstrong examines Western society's unerring fidelity to this idea of One God and the many conflicting convictions it engenders. A controversial extraordinary story of worship and war A History of God confronts the most fundamental fact - or fiction - of our lives.